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GM made very limited of these GT3.Rs and AWA Racing was handpicked by morons of GM Racing to field two new Corvette Z06 GT3.R racers in the GTD class in IMSA for the 2024 season, but things haven’t been going well at all for the Canadian-based team in the first two races of the season so they simply bailed out and ran
At Daytona, both cars failed to finish the race while at Sebring, AWA’s number 13 Z06 GT3.R wearing the Yellow/Black livery finished 9th in class.
Unfortunately, the Teal/Red livery number 17 Z06 GT3.R once again had electrical issues and failed to finish the race.
According to a new report from Motorsportweek.com, this has led to a division of the AWA team as one of the team’s members, Anthony Mantella, has “elected to step away from the GTD Program at this moment in time.
” According to the statement, “The #13 car will continue to proceed as planned and will be present at the upcoming round in Long Beach.”
Mantella is reportedly the owner of the number 17 Corvette Z06 GT3.R and his co-drivers were Endurance Cup driver Thomas Merrill and 2023 WEC Champion Nico Varrone, along with Corvette works driver Charlie Eastwood for the season opener at Daytona.
On Monday, Mantella posted photos of the number 17 Corvette Z06 GT3.R on Instagram, offering the car for sale. He writes:
MSA spec GTD Corvette Race car for sale. Used very infrequently. Hasn’t finished a race. Perfect for the collector who wants the latest iron from Pratt and Miller / Corvette Racing.
Not a perfect race car but can be sold to the public. @prattmillerms @corvette_motorsport
While the first two races were certainly brutal for the number 17 Corvette, Mantella is getting lit up in the comments of his Instagram post as users reminded him that it takes time to sort out a brand-new racer while others called it a garbage move for quitting after two races and taking his car home.
One other says that Mantella will never be granted another opportunity to get a first year OEM race car.
These Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs were said to cost over $750,000 each, and we are sure that AWA Racing had invested even more for equipment, training, and other expenses related to racing.
At Daytona, both cars failed to finish the race while at Sebring, AWA’s number 13 Z06 GT3.R wearing the Yellow/Black livery finished 9th in class.
Unfortunately, the Teal/Red livery number 17 Z06 GT3.R once again had electrical issues and failed to finish the race.
According to a new report from Motorsportweek.com, this has led to a division of the AWA team as one of the team’s members, Anthony Mantella, has “elected to step away from the GTD Program at this moment in time.
” According to the statement, “The #13 car will continue to proceed as planned and will be present at the upcoming round in Long Beach.”
Mantella is reportedly the owner of the number 17 Corvette Z06 GT3.R and his co-drivers were Endurance Cup driver Thomas Merrill and 2023 WEC Champion Nico Varrone, along with Corvette works driver Charlie Eastwood for the season opener at Daytona.
On Monday, Mantella posted photos of the number 17 Corvette Z06 GT3.R on Instagram, offering the car for sale. He writes:
MSA spec GTD Corvette Race car for sale. Used very infrequently. Hasn’t finished a race. Perfect for the collector who wants the latest iron from Pratt and Miller / Corvette Racing.
Not a perfect race car but can be sold to the public. @prattmillerms @corvette_motorsport
While the first two races were certainly brutal for the number 17 Corvette, Mantella is getting lit up in the comments of his Instagram post as users reminded him that it takes time to sort out a brand-new racer while others called it a garbage move for quitting after two races and taking his car home.
One other says that Mantella will never be granted another opportunity to get a first year OEM race car.
These Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs were said to cost over $750,000 each, and we are sure that AWA Racing had invested even more for equipment, training, and other expenses related to racing.